Corn-crib.



No. 684,780. Patented Bot. 22, team.

a. s. BEALE.

CORN CRIB.

(Application filed Feb. 28, 1901.)

(No Model.)

NEW-TON s. BEALE, or TAMA, IOWA.

CORN-CRIB.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 684,780, dated October22, 1901. Application filed February 28, 1901. erial No. 49,182. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that LNEWTON S.BEALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tama, in the county of Tania and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Corn-Cribs 5 and I dohereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction ofcorn-cribs, so as to give proper ventilation to the corn whatever may bethe general shape or superficial area of the crib.

The nature of the invention will fully appear from the description andclaims following, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, whichshows a section in perspective of a corn-crib embodying my improvements.

The main structure A may be of the usual type, as shown, or of any otherconvenient form. In the drawing a single row of.ventilators is shown;but the number of these may be increased indefinitely. The ventilatingapparatus is described as follows: At suitable intervals are set posts13, stayed laterally by ties O, secured to the sides of the crib.Transverse to these ties is a hollow header D, composed of a series ofboards or slats, as shown. These should extend from end to end of thecrib and form an air-duct through which the outer air may circulatefreely. The bottom of this duct is open, as shown, and communicates withan extension of the duct formed by a series of removable sections E.These sections are composed of uprights E, the upper ends of which arenotched at E to fit under the lower slats of the permanent duct orheader D, while their feet rest on the floor of the crib, and a seriesof cross-slats E secured to the upper portions of the uprights. When inposition, the sections stand at divergent angles, as shown. In fillingthe crib the corn of course covers the entire floor until it reaches thelower slats of the sections, when it piles up outside them, leaving aconsider= able air-space between them and in communication with theair-duct, whereby ample ventilation is afio'rded to the contents of thecrib. In emptying the crib the corn is removed first from one end untilthe floor is reached, when it may be shoveled up from the floor. As thework proceeds, the sections may be removed or not, as may be mostconvenient, the open part of each section below the bottom slat allowingthe operator to shovel under and between them. A special advantagearising from'the use of this simple device is that it admits ofcorn-cribs being built as wide as may be desired, thus securing economyin construction and greater stability against wind-storms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is--- 1. In a corn-crib, the combination witha header or duct extending across the crib, of a series of removablesections formed of uprights and cross-slats, adapted to be setdiagonally under said header and rest on the floor, substantially asdescribed.-

2. In a corn-crib,'the combination with a header extending across thecrib, of a series of removable sections composed of uprights notched atthe upper end to engage the bottom of said header, and cross-slatsextending part way down to the feet of said sections, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a corn-crib, the combination with a series of slatted, removablesections, of a' slatted air-duct forming a header for said sec tions,and a series of posts and transverse ties connecting with said header,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEWTON s. BEALE.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. HEALD, J. M. ST. JOHN.

